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Both moves were welcomed by the IMF, which has bailed out Argentina with tens of billions of dollars.

Coming up, it's not just you.

Christmas ads really did start early this year.

We'll look at the fight to attract inflation-weary shoppers after the break.

We're not trying to spoil the holiday spirit here, but if you thought that the corporate-sponsored Christmas cheer started a bit early this year, your intuition was right.

Advertisers have been inundating TV screens with commercials, despite many businesses trying to rein in costs to deal with President Trump's tariffs.

For more, our producer Daniel Bach spoke to journal advertising editor Suzanne Vernizza.

And that's it for What's News for this Tuesday morning.

Today's show was produced by Hattie Moyer.

Our supervising producer was Daniel Bach.

And I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

We will be back tonight with a new show.

And until then, thanks for listening.

Washington tightens the screws on Venezuela's Maduro.

Plus, the White House tries to rein in a surge of state AI regulations.

And Paramount's Warner bid makes it clear Wall Street's appetite for debt is back.

It's Friday, December 12th.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

The U.S.

is stepping up pressure on Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, sanctioning some of his family members and six oil tankers.